Admittedly that is impressive.

It is £699 at SRS

Ditto if you just paid £1999 or succumbed to the recent offer of a K1 for £1749.

There is a difference between selling a few photos to help finance your hobby and earning a living from it. Do you advertise your services with a set of costs? Do you earn sufficient for the Inland Revenue to take an interest, because for amateur artists and craftspeople there is some latitude. I am guessing the criteria for insurance is how exposed your equipment is to risk and the amount of time it is used which for a pro would obviously be much higher as well as needing public liability cover. If that doesn’t apply then I would say you are not a professional. Incidentally that term has become massively devalued of late to just cover someone earning a living from something as opposed to someone with formal training and qualifications and membership of a professional body on whom people rely for an informed service.

Now listed on SRS Microsystems - K1-II is £1799 and K1 is £1999. Same body, just uprated circuit board. Given those prices I wonder the difference between trading in or going the modification route, probably marginal.

Stanley knife and straightedge?

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That’s an amazing link, thank you. Must try harder!

I have had a K-1 since launch and used pixel shift just twice. How about you?

Not on the basis of a rumour, especially given how long Pentax take to release new gear. And anyway on the basis of what has been issued so far I am not interested in trading up. I am also willing to bet there will be a price increase for K1-II, and just possibly there will be a launch deal offering a good trade-in.